Zentangle 5: 40 more Tangles and Fabulous Jewelry (sequel to Zentangle Basics, 2, 3 and 4)

by Suzanne McNeill CZT

Overview

Take tangling beyond paper to bling, shrink plastic, dominoes, and wearable art with 40 new tangles to inspire your repertoire of design possibilities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781574213362
Publisher:	Fox Chapel Publishing
Publication date:	07/25/2011
Pages:	16
Product dimensions:	2.70(w) x 10.70(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Suzanne McNeill is often known as a Trendsetter for arts and crafts. Dedicated to hands-on creativity, she constantly tests, experiments and invents something new and exciting. Suzanne is the woman behind Design Originals, a publishing company dedicated to all things fun and creative. She is a designer, artist, columnist, TV personality, publisher, art instructor, author and lover of everything hands-on. She was the 2011 winner of the Craft and Hobby Association's Industry Achievement Award.

Editorial Reviews

Give your kids the Zentangle series of books and watch them turn their doodles into a whole new art form. The technique is simple: start with a shape, such as a square, then mark off sections within the shape and fill in each with an intricate design - either your own or one of the dozens illustrated. The books also offer inspiration for decorating cards, paper dolls, and more.

'Zentangle 5' is the latest in the series of Suzanne McNeill's books. This one focuses on jewelry. There is a wide variety of jewelry in here. Leather, dominoes, resin, shrink art, polymer clay, and more are included. The pictures are detailed so you can really see what is involved. There are projects from a number of different artists (many CZT's) so each project reflects the different styles of each artist. There is an assortment of new tangles too, with step by step instructions.

the newest addition to Suzanne McNeill's Zentangle series, each of which focuses on a different technique or medium to expand your Zentangle creativity. Each book in the series also includes many new tangles and Zentangle 5 has 40 more tangles to learn and enjoy. Zentangle 5's focus is on jewelry projects. In addition to Suzanne's own projects many of the others are contributed by CZTs and other artists resulting a wide range of impressive jewelry to create. As with the earlier books, Zentangle 5 includes all the materials you will need for each project and step-by-step instructions to a finished product you'll be proud to give as gifts or sell at craft shows. If you can bear to part with them! This book is the same physical size as the rest of the books in this series: 8.5 x 11-inches, 20 pages including covers. The jewelry projects in Zentangle 5 include: Leather jewelry Domino jewelry Glass gems, pendants and magnets Polymer clay jewelry Resin jewelry Shrink art jewelry Bottle cap jewelry Plastic buttons Glass slide jewelry Abalone shell jewelry Wooden bangles There are also examples of ATCs and Zentangle tiles using colored inks and colored paper. If you would like to explore jewelry-making with a Zentangle flair, Zentangle 5 is the book for you. And it's available in plenty of time for you to get started on unique gifts for your Christmas list.

Readers will learn how to create tangled jewely with step-by-step instructions, which includes embellishments for shrink art, polymer clay, bottle caps, wood, resin and other surfaces.

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